A few words of gossip
Nowadays, people's ways and habits of reading and obtaining information have changed a lot, and many people have no time or disdain to read paper books, which leads to another extreme phenomenon: on the bullet train or subway, seeing someone holding a paper book or magazine to read, will attract a lot of eyes, admiration or disdain.
During the May Day period, I was fortunate to be assigned to work two shifts, 24 hours per shift, which was regarded as a normal working day, and I was not double-paid and disciplined, and I could be investigated at any time. If you lose your horse, you can put off the drinking game (if you have one), read the book quietly, write the headline to see if you can make some extra money. I've always believed that writing that isn't for the purpose of paying for a manuscript is an official document.
Drink tea and read books and pretend to be forced
The book chosen this time is the 2016 edition of "History Lessons of Peking University". In addition to the reason for his interest in history, it is mainly based on a passage by Mr. Chen Yinke printed on the cover: "I think that the most important thing in academic research is to have free will and independent spirit. That's why I said, "Scholars study and study, and Gai will get rid of the shackles of the world's will." I'm not engaged in academic research, I'm just an old and angry young man, but I like this sentence, and I encourage myself with free will and independent spirit.
The ins and outs of the Boston Tea Party
"Peking University History Course" regards it as an important landmark event of North American independence, and concisely summarizes the cause and effect of the event, which is very clear, and quotes it.
Boston Tea Dump
In 1773, the British government passed the "Relief of the East India Company Ordinance" for the sale of the East India Company's accumulated tea, which gave the East India Company the patent right to dump the backlog of tea in the North American colonies, levied only a slight tea tax, and expressly prohibited the colonies (including North America) from selling illicit tea, and the price of imported tea by the East India Company was more than 50% cheaper than that of illicit tea. This regulation sparked great anger among the people of the North American colonies, who at that time drank 90% of the smuggled tea consumed. Cheap tea depresses local tea sales, which will lead to the disability of many smuggled and locally grown tea merchants, and eventually lead to the complete fall of the tea channel into the hands of the East India Company, where the price of tea will be manipulated, violating fair competition in the market.
In November of that year, three large merchant ships loaded with tea sailed for Boston. On 16 December, Samuel Adams led 60 sons of liberty to infiltrate a merchant ship disguised as Indians and dumped all 342 boxes of tea on board worth about £15,000 into the sea.
In the past, the Boston Tea Party was promoted as a case of Americans' pursuit of freedom and fairness, and it was a positive example. This triggered the American people's sense of independence and opened the prelude to the Revolutionary War.
I smelled something different
History is a little girl who can be dressed up, and from different angles and different positions, you can see different images. After more than 250 years of history, combined with what Americans are used to doing now, I seem to read a different taste.
Network diagram
The first thing the Americans objected to was the Relief of the East India Company Ordinance, which was a regulation promulgated by the suzerainty at the time, which was legal and mandatory. When a certain trade in a region is out of control, and more than 90% of the trade volume is controlled by smugglers, and the state intervenes to stabilize prices, and ordinary people benefit from it, isn't that a good thing, and why oppose it? Yes, you guessed right, the purpose of this incident or conflict is to protect the interests of the private tea traders, not the freedom and fairness that everyone thinks.
The second detail that everyone should pay attention to is that the planners of this incident were disguised as Indians on the day of the operation, climbed onto the boat and threw away the tea. Why do you want to disguise yourself as an Indian, there are only two reasons: in their opinion, the Indians are inferior people, and the rebellion and stealing chickens and dogs were originally done by inferior people. Another reason is even simpler, these "sons of freedom" know that this matter is illegal, cannot be put on the table, and has no basis for public opinion.
In this article, the main mastermind of the event, Samuel Adams, is introduced in the Baidu entry: Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803), American revolutionary, statesman, and Massachusetts. Born in Boston, he graduated from Harvard University. He was an active participant in revolutionary activities, was one of the founders and leaders of the Sons of Liberty, opposed the Sugar Ordinance, opposed the Stamp Ordinance, opposed the Townsend Tax Code, and instigated the Boston Tea Party, which shocked the whole United States.
Third, the direct reason for planning the tea dumping incident was that the price of tea was too low, but the interests of the smugglers were damaged, but the common people could benefit from it, because tea was still a luxury at that time, and ordinary people could not afford it. In order to mobilize the masses widely and win the support of more people, the sons of liberty found a reason: the smugglers will all starve to death in the future, and the tea sales channels will completely fall into the hands of the East India Company, and then the price of tea will be manipulated, violating fair competition in the market, and in the end the common people may suffer, so everyone will do it with me, and I will give everyone fairness.
OK, perfect, even I believe it. Judging from the above, you may have a clear understanding of the national nature of the United States. To put it bluntly, he is an interest in the form of a country.
Boston's spirit is dead but not stiff
One of the hottest topics on the Internet recently, China's "overcapacity theory" should have a seat. A respectable, simple, and approachable old woman pointed fingers at China's economy and made shocking high-level remarks.
She argues that China's overcapacity in areas such as solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, as well as the surge in exports of cheap goods, have created distortions in global prices and production patterns, which could adversely affect the global economy, not only harming the interests of American companies and workers, posing risks to American workers and businesses and the global economy, but also threatening the productivity and growth of China's economy.
Is it a familiar taste, a familiar recipe? It's just that the protagonist has been changed from Adams to Yellen, the target of criticism has changed from tea to new energy, and the scope of mobilization has expanded from American companies and workers to China and even the global economy. Well, it can't be said that it is exactly the same, it can only be said that it is exactly the same, and it is a step up.
After all, the spokesperson of the black girl in the United States before also said in a surprising way: Although our professionals failed to find that the design chip of Huawei's mete60pro has any connection with the United States, we want to emphasize that the advent of this mobile phone still seriously infringes on the intellectual property rights of the United States in 2025.